Erik Jones takes Xfinity series victory at Chicagoland as Chase field set

JOLIET, Ill. — Erik Jones passed Elliott Sadler with nine laps to go and held off Kyle Larson to win Saturday's Xfinity series race at Chicagoland Speedway, and Ryan Sieg and Blake Koch claimed the final two spots for the inaugural Chase for the Championship in NASCAR's second-tier series.

Jones, 20, earned his series-high fourth win this season and is the top seed for the seven-race Chase. Jones won the truck series title a year ago and will move to Sprint Cup next year.

Sprint Cup champion Kyle Busch dominated most of the Drive For Safety 300, leading 154 of the first 181 laps until he cut a tire and spun out. Clint Bowyer lead on a restart with 14 laps left but Sadler and Jones passed him.

IndyCar: Points leader Simon Pagenaud moved one step closer to his first series championship by earning the pole for today's Grand Prix of Sonoma (Calif.), adding one more point to his margin. He now leads Team Penske teammate Will Power, by 44 points. Power will line up fourth after Penske swept the top four spots on the grid.

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